Door-hanger.



P. M. EILLOTT.

' DOOR. HANGER. 112111101111011 PIL-11n 001.411,1911. l

1,025,617".` l Patented May'7,1912.

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Specification of Letterslatent.

Patented. May 7 15H2..

Application filed ctober 11, 1.911.` Serial No. GIiiJZ?.

To all whom it may concerns Be it known that l, "Pintor M. ELLIOTT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county oi' Cook., andState oi lilinoisi have invented certain new and useful improvementsinDoor-llangers, ot which l do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description` reference being had to the aixconipanyingdrawing, forming part of this specification.

The present invention' has for its object to provide improved means forsustaining the sliding' doors of railway freight ears and the inventionconsists in the features of novelty hereinafter described, illustratedin the accoinltianying drawing and particularly pointed out in theclaiinat-ihe end of this specification. Y

Figure l is a view in side elevation showing part oi the freight carhaving' niy invern tion applied thereto.- Fig. 2 is a View in verticalcross-section on line 2--2 of Fig. L Fig. 3 is a view in vert-icalsection on line of Fig. 2.

rlibe side wall A of the car is provided with a door-way of suitable.width adapted lo be closed by a slidingl door B. Above the door-way ordoor opening and extending also to one side thereof in usual manner isarranged thc suspension rail bar C that is bolted to the side wall ofthe car. .This inctal rail bar C. formed of rolled steel and comprisesintegral track flanges c and o projectingoutwardly 'from the upper andlower edges thereot and an integral `ejuard flange o2 depending' tronithe outer edge of the lower track flange o.

Beneath the rail or track C the door B is mounted in manner 'treo toslide and the upper edge of the door l extends within the depending`Ojuard iange v2 ot' the rail or track C. il othe upper port-ion of thedoor are bolted the suspension brackets D. llach` of these brackets ispreferably of cast inetal and, shown. each bracket is formed with anupper, inwardly projecting partor boss'd upon which is inountedfthe hube of the roller or trolley ll thai; is held in place upon the boss d bymeans of a through-bolt f carrying a washer at its inner end."Preferably the upper part of each bracket, is formed with an. inwardlyprojecting casing or housing l2 partially inclosing the roller E and, asshowna the upper part of the casing.

a web or body portion withv `or housing is cut away so as to expose, theupper portionofthe roller and permit the periphery ot the roller toengage the upper flange o ot' the rail or track C. The lower part ofeach of the rollers E adapted to travel upon the upper surface of`tlm/lower flange o of the rail or track C. Preferably, also, each ofthe brackets l) is formed with an upwardlyv extendingv arm #that risesto the top of the door and to a point considerably above the lower edge`of the guard flange (ff-7 and each of the arios d* is adapte-d toengage or come closely adjacent to an inward offset c4 on the inner faceof the guard flange c2 in order to hold the door snugly in place whenthe door is closed.

The vertically disposed web or body portion of the rail bar, throughwhich the retaining bolts c3 extend, has a broad bearing against theside otl the car to resist the strain brought upon the bar and thesupporting means therefor. rlhe space between the track flanges c and cis slightly greater than the diameter of the rollers E and ordinarilythe latter travel in the lower flange. But, if the door is raised at allwhen it is shifted, the rollers will engage the .upper track Hanne e andthereby prevent the scraping or binding of the upper edge of the dooragainstthe lower track flange. The easy and accurate movement of thedoor is thus insured.l The .lower trackflange `and the guardflangeprotect, the door and the door opening` from the weather, and the latterflange prevents the accident-al displacement of the door. The casingd2on the bracket guard the rolle-r and the lower 'track flange fromaceiunulation of dirt, ice and the like and for better cleaning; of thetrack are prei?- erably provided with outturned, beveled.

Vlower edges which niove over andy closelyT adjacent the surface of thetrack.

, lt is obvious that the details of construction set forth may 'bevari'ed without de parturc from the essentials of the invention asdefined in the claim.

Lclaiin as iny invention z* The combination with a car body, ot asingleF piece rolled metal rail extending above the door opening' andcomprising a 'flata vertically disposed web or body portion abutting forits full width against the side of the car and secured thereto5 andhavingintegral track iianges projectingoutwardly Atroni its upperandloweredges and anime;

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gral guard. flange depending from the outer I against displacement :melsaid rollers in edge portion of the vlem-r trank ange, a propel:position relatively to said track doer, and henger brackets securedtcf'sad flanges, substantially as described. flobrf.' having rollers.arranged between said PEECY M. ELLIOTT.

5 tradi; angges and supporting the door with Witnesses:

rapper peraien' thereof vbehind said ELE mz HAGENOW, guercl flange iethereby hold seid door, KATU/irme GERLACrL

